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December 01, 2017

Report: Democratic outcry on sex abuse threatens Franken's future

Democratic Senator Al Franken (pictured below right) is fighting for political survival amid mounting allegations that he committed sexual abuse and a solidifying resolve within his party to take a hard line on any such transgressions.

The senator from Minnesota’s problems were compounded Thursday on two fronts: A fifth accuser, this one an Army veteran, stepped forward with an account similar to three others who have claimed they were groped while posing for pictures with the former Saturday Night Live star. Meanwhile, a move by top Democrats to force out another lawmaker showed a growing eagerness to immunize the party on an issue that is turning into a social movement.

In the House, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) and her three deputies called on Congressman John Conyers Jr. (pictured at left), the longest-serving member of Congress, to resign in the face of accusations that he mistreated female aides for more than two decades. “Zero tolerance means consequences for everyone,” Pelosi said.